After the International Monetary Fund and the European Union bailed out Greece, themainstream media quickly moved on to other, less important, subjects. The crisis, they said, was resolved. The billions of Euros sent in by the EU and the IMF would help Greece overcome its troubles. If other European states would follow in Greece’s footsteps, they too would simply receive help, and that would be the end of it.| MORE ›

It seems that the scandal revolving around former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich isn’t the only corruption scandal that could spell trouble for leading progressives, most noteworthyPresident Obama himself. Writing for the Examiner, Robert Moon reports that that the president is also implicated in the Romanoff-scandal.| MORE ›

Last week I wrote that the Coast Guard appeared to be crippled in dealing with this oil spill, and that Adm. Thad Allen seemed to be more of a liaison between BP and the President rather than the guy in charge.  I feel I must revise that if it’s true the the Coast Guard is complicit in keeping early video of the spills (with an ‘s’) away from public attention.  In that case, it would make Allen not so much a liaison but a spokesperson for BP.| MORE ›

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I’m expecting a lot from disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial, for which the jury selection started today.| MORE ›

At News Real Blog, Lori Ziganto wants to return feminism to its roots by ripping out the scourge of identity politics and victimization found in its current brand:

You see, while “Feminists/Femisogynists” were busily pant suiting themselves and trying to become men, other women were out there annihilating the glass ceiling, by raising their families and learning through actual living and perseverance. We didn’t learn by trying to be something we are not, but rather we learned by living.| MORE ›

Good news! Even though George W. Bush was succeeded as president by Barack Obama 1.5 years ago, our beloved left-wing mainstream media are somehow still able to blame him for just about every ill in the world. No kidding, they’re even holding him responsible for the announced divorce between former vice-president turned global warming warrior Al Gore and his wife Tipper.| MORE ›

Monday, the IDF released a video of the weapons they found among the Gaza-bound flotilla.  Among the things taken filmed are baseball bats, smoke torches, slingshots, hammers, and Molotov cocktails.| MORE ›

When I first heard about the incident on the flotilla heading for Gaza, I was not surprised to see the same old scripts being played both the supporters of both sides.| MORE ›